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LEE E. FRYE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

REVERSIBLE-DOOR WALL-BED.

Specification nf Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

Application tiled November 21, 1910. Serial No. 593,543.

To all 11:71amA it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lun E. FRYE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful lmprmements in Reversible-DoorlVall- Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to' improvements in' doors, and particularly todoors of that class which may carry articles of furniture and areturnable vertically into a closet or alcove, so as to conceal thearticle when not in use, and to be turned outwardly into the room whenthus turned into position for use.

My present linvention comprises the combination of parts and details ofconstruction which will be more fully explained by reference to theaccompanying drawings, m which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showingthe bed partly swung out of the closet. Fig 2 is a perspective oiP thestop latch. F 1g. 8 is a plan section of the closet showing the bedwithin the closet. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the bed swung out ofthe closet. Fig. is a perspective view showing the trolley hangerconnection.

A is a oor or support upon which the bed B is supported and withrelation to which it may be turned to stand in a vertical position whennot in use, or extended to a horizontal position when designed for use.This supportin door as I will hereafter term it, is turnab e about topand bottom supports so as to be reversible in vertical lanes. Thesesupports consist first, of a tro ley 2 which is adapted to travel upon arail 3, which rail is fixed horizontally in the upper part of the alcovein which the door is turnable. The trolley is carried by an arm 4, whichis here shown as extending vertically outside of the trolley frame andis bent at riglit-angles so that this bent portion is substantially mline with the center of the thickness of the door, and a pivot carriedby this arm and extending into a socket in the door allows the door toturn and be reversed without changing the position of the arm andtrolley, thus allowing the latter to slide freely upon the rail 3 duringthe turnin of the door.

At the bottom of the oor and in line with the pivot points of the bar oryoke 4 at the top, is a pivot of the guide 5. This guide projects fromits pivot so as to stand substantially in line with the trolley 2 at thetop and it is movable in a guide slot transversely at the bottom of thealcove opening, as shown at f5. This guide 5 may be a plain slide ofsuflicient length to move freely in this slot as at or it may beprovided with anti-fricfional rollers, at each end. The action of thisguide is similar to that of the trolley yoke at the top. That is whenthe door is turned to reverse, the guide pivots in the center of thebottom of the door, and in line with the pivot at the top. Thus the doormay be turned to stand in either position, and maintain its properrelation with the door or alcove opening.

In order to insure the proper turning of the door the trolley and guideare located nearer to one edge of the door than the other, andconnectedwith the top and bot tom of the door and at the center thereofare bars 7; the opposite ends of the bars being pivoted to the top andbottom of the door or alcove casing at points nearer to the edffe of thealcove door than its center. These bars are preferably made of thin,flat metal to be sufiiciently rigid and to occupy so little space inthickness that the door may turn between the top and bottom of itscasing without difficulty. The angle plate which carries the trolley hasits horizontal portion sufficiently above the upper edge of the door toallow the metal strip 7 to pass between the two when the door is closed.

The operation of this door will then be as follows :-The door being inthe position which presents its plain face to the room and the bedcontained within the alcove, if it is desired to reverse it it is turnedabout the pivots which are formed b the trolley and the slide at thebottom. T e bars 7 being pivoted to the door and having their fixedpivots in the top and bottom of the casing, as before described, willallow the door to swing; the points of connection of the bars with thedoor moving in the are of a circle about. their fixed center. Thiscauses the trolley at the top and guide at the bottom to movetransversely of the door opening, and the bars 7 continue to moveoutwardly until the door stands at right angles with its opening andthen as the movement is continued, the trolley and the slideSfiujtraveung long their 'guides the bars-7 will again'be drawn inwardlyuntil the door being closed, they lie in line with.

Vthe top :ind bottom of the doori In order to lmit the*movements.oftliedoor in eaoli dlre'ctloml have Shown a transversely'movable stop. Sliwliioh is sliditble in a g,`. l`lfideA EL lxed'tojheside of the door casing fand-heitmg :Li-ight 'angled extension Sa,Thedoor' edge 'of the doorlwill. strike the slide and will move. itoutwardly a distance equal to the thiclmess of the door7 thus insuringthe either of its positions.

ABfrfepresents the bed 'having a head board, and g foot: 'board 12,'01'equivalent' oonstructionsr and adapted to suppotr mattresses, in theusual manner,l but not here shown. v v

Having thus described my invention what l claim and desire to secure bylLettesvPatent is f The combination of aA door, a. frame therein, meansby which said door may be reversed in vertical position, Isaid meansineluding links having one end pivoted in' vveitieal Aalinement to thetop and bottom of the'fdoor frame, and the opposite. ends pivoted to theCenter of the door, a trolley, 2tsiifiveled yoke by which the trolley ispivotally connected with the top of the door, between the ledge andcenter, a corresponding slide-at the vbottom of the' door rame,`

anda guide in whichv the .slide is movable vin unison with thetrolley inthe plane ofv the door openin'g. door4 standing flush with the easing inln testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand 1n the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses. v

LEE E. FRYE.

lVitnesses G. H. STRONG, C. MooRE.

